Dec 15 ‘The Kite Festival Has Been Cancelled Due to Civil War’ By David Pelcyger // A bunch of kids are running around outside, screaming and chasing each other, completely caught up in the moment. It's a familiar scene in communities across the United States, but not so much in some of the world's most… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch Kites for Kids Patrick McGrann describes Kitegang's activities in places like Sudan. Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch In Egypt, Signs of Heavy Turnout as Second Round of Voting Begins Second Round of Voting Begins in Post-Revolution Egypt… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch Secretary Clinton: Democracies Must Have ‘Habits of the Heart’ On Wednesday, Secretary of State Clinton spoke with Jim Lehrer about how foreign policy decisions can tie into economic and job growth. Their discussion was part of the "Innovation and the Global Marketplace" symposium in Washington, hosted in partnership with… Continue watching
Dec 14 Clinton on Russia’s Protests, China’s Shortcuts and Gingrich’s Comments By Larisa Epatko In a wide-ranging interview with Jim Lehrer at the Newseum Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended critical comments she made about Russia's recent elections and called China's shortcuts in the marketplace "deeply distressing." View highlights from their interview. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch Highlights of Jim Lehrer’s Interview with Secretary Clinton Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discusses the Russian elections, China and Arab Spring. Continue watching
Dec 14 10 Congolese Youth on Why They Voted – or Didn’t By Extra DA Congolese youth share their views about why they voted in December 2011 elections and whether or not they felt it mattered. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch In Wake of Disputed Election, Russian Middle Class ‘Finding its Voice’ In Russia Tuesday, Vladimir Putin faces political turmoil as vote fraud protests become more widespread. Margaret Warner discusses the country's changing political landscape with Matthew Murray of The Center for Business Ethics and Corporate Governance and the Brookings Institution's Fiona… Continue watching
Dec 13 Afghanistan Beyond 2014: Developing a ‘Transition’ Strategy By Larisa Epatko As NATO nations pull their troops out of Afghanistan by 2014, much of their money that now supports one of the poorest countries in the world will follow them out the door. But many in the West, governments and nongovernmental… Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch British Foreign Secretary: ‘We Should Be in Europe but Not Taken Over by Europe’ In an interview with Jeff Brown, British Foreign Secretary William Hague discusses his country's decision last week to reject an agreement aimed at fixing Europe's debt crisis. Continue watching